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Jan25

Radiohead For Haiti @ Henry Fonda Music Box (Review) (Video)

Four days ago, Radiohead announced they’d be playing a show at the Henry Fonda Theatre—a venue with an official capacity of under 2,000—to help raise funds for relief efforts in Haiti. The tickets would be made available auction-style through Ticketmaster, with all the proceeds going to benefit Oxfam International. The minimum bid for a pair of tickets started off at $200, and by the time the auction closed, anything less than $1,000 had you coming up short. To say it was the hottest ticket in town would have been an understatement, and the stars were definitely out in full effect. (Ed. note: Apparently Wilmer Valderrama has quite the ticket stub collection, Charlize Theron likes her Grey Goose with a bit of cranberry, and Daniel Craig is way shorter than he looks.)

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Jan19

Thom Yorke’s ?????? Explained (Video)

Lots of folks are wondering about the six question marks next to Thom Yorke’s name on the Coachella poster. URB just got a text from Coachella head Paul T explaining that the ?????? at the end of Thom Yorke’s name is the official billing for his band, and was previously used for the shows he performed last fall at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles. That band consisted of Flea, Nigel Godrich, Beck drummer Joey Waronker and David Byrne collaborator Joey Waronker. Coachella cannot confirm if the same players will make up Yorke’s Coachella band.

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Thom Yorke “Cymbal Rush” Live at The Echoplex 10-02-09

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